Rice intensification practices in Madagascar

Promoting the System of Rice Intensification

Knowledge level of rice farmers regarding rice cultivation practices in Mahanawiyah district, AL- Qadisiya Province, Iraq

Productivity of most common Iraqi rice cultivar was low compared to an average production among major rice-producing countries, this may be due to inadequacy of knowledge and skills of rice farmers about rice cultivation practices. The study was conducted in Mahanawiyah district of AL-Qadisiya Province in Iraq, to assess knowledge level of rice farmers about some rice cultivation practices .The...

Intensification of Rice Production Systems in Southeastern Nigeria: A Policy Analysis Matrix Approach

The Nigerian rice sector has made remarkable improvement in the last decade as production has increased significantly thereby reducing the gap between domestic supply and demand. In the last three decades, rice imports make up greater proportion of Nigerian imports as rice forms a structural component of the Nigerian diet. Past government inconsistent policies were not successful in securing go...

Spatial Integration at Multiple Scales: Rice Markets in Madagascar

The dramatic increase in the price of rice and other commodities over the past year has generated new interest in how these markets work and how they can be improved. This paper uses an exceptionally rich data set to test the extent to which markets in Madagascar are integrated across space at different scales of analysis and to explain some of the factors that limit spatial arbitrage and price...

The mechanical weeders used in rice cultivation practices in Tripura, India, and their relation with the system of rice intensification (SRI)